The event was one of many held nationwide. Conservative television and radio talk show hosts have for weeks been stirring up public anger, mainly against the Obama administration, and calling for a national day of protest.

The Manns – account manager David and stay-at-home mom Donna – were at the protest because they believe they are being charged for other peoples’ mistakes – individual and corporate.

“I don’t believe they should be using my tax money to shore up mistakes by lenders and people who overstated their income,” David Mann said.

“They’re basically pushing this country into trillions and trillions of dollars of debt. . . . Where does it stop?”

No one ever bailed out Heidi Taylor, 63, who came to Tucson in 1967 after escaping from East Germany. She had $150 in her pocket when she arrived here.

“And I never took one single penny from the government,” she said.

The effects of government spending will carry over for future generations, many at the rally said.

“I have children and grandchildren who will have to pay for our mistakes,” Linda Walker, 61, said.

Albert Dreher, 59, protests at the Tax Day Tea Party at El Presidio Park

Taylor

The rally downtown was similar to others around the country.

By Garry Duffy, B. William Poole

Citizen Online Archive, 2006-2009

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In 2010, a power surge fried a server that contained all of videos linked to dozens of stories in this archive. Also, a server that contained all of the databases for dozens of stories was accidentally erased, so all of those links are broken as well. However, all of the text and photos that accompanied some stories have been preserved.

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